Il Est Ne (He is Born) - Bradley Joseph

Bradley Joseph - Classic Christmas (piano/instrumental)

More about this artist: http://www.bradleyjoseph.com

Classic Christmas is the 15th studio album by Bradley Joseph released in 2008 on the Robbins Island Music label. "Christmas classics performed on the piano."[1] While discussing Classic Christmas, Gerry Grzyb, chairman of the University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh sociology department, states that Joseph's usual approach is to play the carol straight, and then add his own twists. "... he's very effective at that—he doesn't stray as far as a jazz or classical organ improviser might, but he does keep the interest up." Grzyb says that the same applies to Joseph's earlier Christmas Around the World CD, which he found even more interesting because of the use of other instrumental sounds (added via keyboards).[2] In a review by Carol Swanson, this album is an hour of "well-executed new age piano", ..."gentle renditions of 14 holiday favorites". She goes on to say that "Joseph's playing is measured and thoughtful, but never plodding, such as "...We Three Kings...is elegant in its simplicity, with just a touch of exotic flavors". [3]

Track listing:
Angels We Have Heard on High
Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
O Come All Ye Faithful
The Wassail Song
Deck the Halls
O Christmas Tree
We Three Kings
Up on the Housetop
The First Noel
Jingle Bells
Away in a Manger
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
What Child Is This?
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

All music arranged and performed by Bradley Joseph.

Info from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_...

Theme from Tootsie (It might be you)／Bradley Joseph

Pianist : Bradley Joseph

Cats for adoption - Bucharest, Romania

Please visit this wonderful organization in Bucharest, Romania, for information on adopting or fostering a loving cat!

http://pisilandia.webs.com/apps/photos/
For more pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pisinian/Dina#
For videos enter:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Pisilandia

Music used: Bradley Joseph - Music Cats Love While You Are Gone

Dina - o pisicuta eleganta (An elegant cat)


Iggy un tigrisor vorbaret (A talkative tiger cub kitten)


OTIS - un motanel lipicios (A cuddling kitten)


CICA - pisicuta cu ochii verzi (The green eyed kitty)

2 New CDs!

Busy summer so we are behind in getting this posted, but back in June, Bradley announced the release of two new EXCELLENT CDs:

OCEAN WAVES: Calming Sounds of the Sea
FOREST SOUNDS: With Soft Rains and Gentle Winds

For Deep Sleep. Meditation, and Relaxation

(NOTE:  These CDs contain NO piano music.  The entire CD is just ocean or forest sounds.)

OCEAN WAVES: Calming Sounds of the Sea SONGS and LENGTH: 1. Ocean Waves 20:14 2. Ocean Surf with Distant Thunder 20:06 3. Calming Waves on a Pebble Beach 25:08 Total: 66 minutes FOREST SOUNDS: With Soft Rains and Gentle Winds SONGS and LENGTH: 1. Forest Sounds 16:36 2. Morning Songbirds 17:34 3. Soft Rains 15:34 4. Gentle Winds 16:26 Total: 66 minutes Please check them out and hear samples at http://www.bradleyjoseph.com

Bradley Joseph performs on piano Winter Moon, A Lover's Return, Rose Col...

A brief but brilliant performance by Bradley Joseph at the 3rd Annual WPS Arts and Academics Gala April 2008 where he was a WPS Hallmarks of Pride Honoree. Songs are Winter Moon, A Lover's Return, Rose Colored Glasses.

Original can be found at: http://www.willmar.k12.mn.us/content/...

More about this artist at: http://www.bradleyjoseph.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_...
Bradley Joseph (born 1965) is an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, while his musical style ranges from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth".[1]

Active since 1983, Joseph has performed in front of more than a half million people around the world.[2] He played various instruments in rock bands throughout the Midwest until 1989 when Greek composer Yanni hired him for his core band after hearing a tape of his original compositions. He was a featured concert keyboardist with Yanni through six major tours, most recently in 2003 for the 60-city Ethnicity tour. He appears in the multi-platinum album and concert film, Yanni Live at the Acropolis. Joseph also spent four years as musical director and lead keyboardist for Sheena Easton, including a 1995 performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

His solo career began when he independently released Hear the Masses, featuring many of his Yanni bandmates. This debut was followed by Rapture, an instrumental album recorded with a 50-piece orchestra in which Joseph wrote and conducted all of the scores. It was released on the Narada label and reached New Age Voice (NAV)'s "Airwaves Top 30". He has produced numerous CDs/DVDs and piano books under his own record label, Robbins Island Music. Two of these recordings, Christmas Around the World and One Deep Breath, also held positions on NAV's Top 100 radio chart. His music is included in multiple various-artist compilation albums including the 2008 release of The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II.

If I Could Fly - Bradley Joseph

If I Could Fly - Bradley Joseph
Album: One Deep Breath
More about this artist at http://www.bradleyjoseph.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Deep_Breath
One Deep Breath is Bradley Joseph's fifth album,
(see 2002 in music). It held a position on NAV's top 100 radio chart for over six months.[1]

"Pause, take one deep breath, and go beyond your daily life. Instrumental music to awaken your mind, and inspire you to dream."[2]

Bill Binkelman of Wind and Wire Magazine writes, "One Deep Breath is an album with two distinct 'feels' to it: the more serene new age/ambient soundscapes that bookend the inner tracks and the more radio-friendly and mainstream music in-between. While I doubt fans of Liquid Mind or other mainly electronic new age music artists would wholly embrace the overt romanticism of piano-led tracks like 'Dancers Waltz' or 'Dreamer's Lullaby', there is definite appeal on the album for fans of adult contemporary piano pieces as well as for lovers of the more minimal approach to new age music."[3] Reviewing for Solo Piano Publications, Kathy Parsons describes the album as "...a fascinating combination of structured melodic pieces and free-form, ambient compositions".[4] Allmusic's, Jim Brenholts views One Deep Breath as a set of smooth adult contemporary pieces in which Joseph adds "world music flair and inspirational touches". "The vocal expressions by Clystie Whang and Joseph have devotional qualities that weave through the atmospheres and soundscapes smoothly."[5] "One Deep Breath opens with a fairly quiet and unassuming tone, and gradually reveals a highly sophisticated soundscape that keeps your attention for the full duration of the album", states Instrumental Weekly.[6]

The opening track, "Is This A Dream?", is a simple but "lovely" piano melody supported by various, understated synth elements.[6] "Wildflowers" has been called "sweeping and romantic",[3] and "rich sonic tapestry".[6] "The wistful piano brings images of brightly-colored wildflowers gracefully bending in a gentle breeze."[4] "A Moments Rest" borders on melancholic, which serves as illustration of the range of emotions to be found on One Deep Breath.[6] "Dance of Life" was inspired by Antonin Dvorak's "Rusalka".[2] Parsons describes it as being both joyful and pensive - almost anthemic in places.[4] It is a bit more straightforward in its piano presentation, and will probably appeal the most to hardcore fans of solo instrumental music, says Instrumental Weekly.[6] Joseph reveals his jazzier side with "Water Voyage", giving way to some "slick synth work" along with "fantastic and moving vocalizations".[6] "Inside the Sky" opens with floating synth chords fused with ethnic percussion samples and twinkling bell trees, but soon develops into a reflective piano tone poem enhanced with discrete use of synth strings and keyboard textures here and there.[3] It is rhythmic and mysterious at the opening, and then becomes a much more ambient and free-form piano solo that floats among the clouds and mists of the sky until the rhythm re-enters, perhaps symbolizing gentle winds.[4] "If I Could Fly" is an "upbeat and positive" four-minute blend of piano and synth with an "almost angelic chorus" providing some "colorful" vocal backgrounds.[6]

One Deep Breath closes with its title track and is "breathtaking in its subtle beauty"; it floats and meanders for more than ten minutes, bringing in ocean sounds.[4] It is far and away the most ambient of everything else to be found here,[6] and is "stunning", both in its execution and how radical a change it is from what has come before.[3]. Binkelman writes, "Fantastic Liquid Mind-like ultra lush synth washes serenely caress the air while muted background keyboard textures add soft 'coloring' (along with water sounds/waves crashing on the shore). As the lushness wears away, a simple pleasant drone courses underneath a sustained bell-tone, but after a brief music-less (just the waves) interlude, another ambient texture is introduced, spacier and yet also just as beautiful as the earlier passages (again reminiscent of Liquid Mind as those lush choral effects re-emerge). Another interlude with just waves occurs, followed by gentle sparkling high tone bells and lower register warm drones and synth chords. More melodic stretches of elegant synthesizer washes lends an air of contentment to the later stages of the track. As the song concludes, the music fades farther and farther into the background until only the sound of waves remains."[3].

Parsons comments that One Deep Breath is an exceptionally good CD - especially if you enjoy structure as well as experimentation on one recording.[4] "...All the songs are solid compositions and are performed with sincerity, grace, and an abundance of technique", cites Binkelman.[3]

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Happy Valentine's Day - "Forever I Do" by Bradley Joseph

Music Pets Love (Bradley Joseph)

Another version of our friend's video updated and with more music added.

For more info visit:
http://www.musicpetslove.com

Songs represented include:
"Musical walk" - Music Dogs Love CD
"Pet Reflections" - Music Pets Love CD
"Unexpected Treasures" - Music Pets Love CD

From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Pets_Love

Music Pets Love: While You Are Gone is a specialty CD by Bradley Joseph on the Robbins Island Music label. It was released in 2004 and has evolved into a series of CD/DVD projects made up of instrumental music mixed with short stories, and soft animal and nature sounds, designed to create a peaceful environment for pets who are left alone or for the owner who needs quiet time.[1] These projects began when he noticed reactions to certain types of music by his own pets. "I finally have solid proof that I don't take life too seriously", says Joseph.

Projects within the collection include:
Music Pets Love: While You Are Gone (CD) (2004)
Music Dogs Love: While You Are Gone (CD) (2007)
Music Cats Love: While You Are Gone (CD) (2007)
Music Birds Love: While You Are Gone (CD) (2008)
Music Pets Love: The Holiday Edition (While You Are Gone) (CD) (2008)
DVD for Dogs: While You Are Gone (2007)
DVD for Cats: While You Are Gone (2007)